HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 552 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
RED RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS TODAY...WITH
SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON OVER EAST
TEXAS...SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS...AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. SOME OF THE
LIGHT RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER
EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND ADJACENT
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR...BUT
NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN WELL ABOVE
FREEZING. AREAS OF RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING
ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS AND MUCH OF NORTH LOUISIANA...AS THE
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BEGINS TO MOVE EAST OVER THE REGION. THE
RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET LATE THIS EVENING AND JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT AS FAR SOUTH AS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF EAST TEXAS
AND NORTH LOUISIANA...BUT ANY WINTRY MIX WILL BE BRIEF AND WILL
QUICKLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
QUICKLY DEPARTS THE AREA TO THE EAST. DESPITE TEMPERATURES FALLING
BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN
ABOVE FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND HAM RADIO
OPERATORS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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